Bishop Gorman’s Jamal Bey looks at high school rivals as AAU teammates in Fab 48

...Bey and Woodbury headline the Vegas Elite, the top local team playing the Fab 48 tournament at Gorman this week. It is one of the three big tournaments in town, where an estimated 3,500 teams from across the country will look to win it all.

“I’ve always dreamed about playing great players, great teams, and they just come here,” Bey said. “It’s easy. You go out of your home and play.”

Bey is a three-star prospect who is garnering Pac-12 interest. He said he is leaning toward either Washington, Southern California or UNLV for college, and all three are intriguing for different reasons.

Washington produced last year’s No. 1 overall pick in Markelle Fultz, and Bey’s mom said they loved their trip to Seattle. USC is a short drive, and Gorman teammate Chuck O’Bannon is there. And UNLV is, of course, the hometown team. This week could help boost his recruiting stock and create some momentum for his high school season.

...Expressions Elite and WrightWay Skills are also in Las Vegas taking part in the invitational division of the Fab 48. WrightWay dropped their opener on Thursday but had a pair of pool play games scheduled for Friday. Expressions fell to Team Breakdown in their opener and knocked off Team Final Thursday evening. Marcus Zegarowski and Dana Tate played to rave reviews during Wednesday night's Tip-Off exhibition game while Max Zegarowski has been on fire from three, knocking down 22 long-balls in the first three games of the week.

LAS VEGAS -- The third and final evaluation period kicked off on Wednesday evening as Bishop Gorman High School was one of the spots to be. The Fab 48, hosting some of the very best talent that the nation has to provide, did not lack for standout performers as Kamaka Hepa, Anfernee Simons and Scottie Barnes each displayed just why they are highly lauded prospects, while it was Josh Phillips who is emerging as the next July breakout.